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Children Of The Stones, 1977 British childrens' horror show. A historian and his young son visit a small village whose residents hold secrets about an ancient stone monument.
Like most 70s British TV, there's no production budget, and entirely dependent on script writing and actors to create atmosphere.
Sprung - about a group of small time cons trying to do the right thing and con only bad guys in the community while surviving covid and falling into a found family. Very funny and sincere.
I always mention this one, but The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
It's got Bruce Campbell in it (Army of darkness) And he plays a cowboy as the lead character where he goes on wacky steampunk-filled hijinks and adventures through the Old West.
it came out in the early 90s and you can watch it for free on tubiTV.
Fun fact, a lot of the old timey western movies used a particular set and the Adventures of Brisco County Jr. was the last show to use that set.
When they finished it was torn down.
Another fun fact, you've heard the theme song.
It's now used in the Olympics when America plays.
It's a fucking amazing show.
Unfortunately not available on Tubi right now
I still remember my favorite character from that show: Bowler.
LORD Bowler.
Dead Like Me
It was pretty much all over the place but I liked the tone and premise. IMO, I really doubt anyone would've been able to make that kind of story work any more than the original folks did but yeah. I don't think the writing was that good but I liked the cast. That alone would've sold me. Also maybe throw in the fact that I found the show while I was kind of starting out on my own during college and so in ways, I related to the main person. Yada yada yada.
I rediscovered this again recently. I watched it when it was new a long while back, and had totally forgotten about it until seeing it pop up while browsing MAX.
Just don't watch the movie that followed the series. It's not worth it.
No Heroics, only lasted a few seasons in the UK which means only maybe 12 episodes. (You may also see some actors from Ted Lasso if you look carefully.)
Spaced
Early Simon Pegg / Nick Frost / Edgar Wright collaboration, sitcom style.
Murdoch Mysteries is the only show I keep up with weekly. It's Victorian, Canadian CSI.
Life on Mars (2008, the US version.)
The UK one was fantastic. Did you see both and then pick the US one specifically, or is it the only one you saw? I haven't seen the US one, but I'm interested now!
Probably only lesser known depending on age but I always like Due South.
Lexx, a show about a giant dragonfly spaceship that destroys planets and the creepy cowardly idiot who somehow lucked into becoming the single person in the two universes that it obeys. And an undead assassin-warrior-poet. And a woman who survived a botched "love slave" transformation. And a weird robot head.
It's outrageously strange and strangely horny and hornily gross. Highly recommend if you like weird TV.
Lexx is brimming with campy nonsense!
But it has moments when an actor delivers a heartfelt performance that tells a meaningful story.
And then those moments are followed by a robot with a saw arm chasing some folks through a cardboard maze before a planet gets blown up.
The woman was called Xev Bellringer. But don't google it because you'll find something else.
My cat was named after the undead-assassin-warrior-poet.
Great show in that it is so strange and offbeat that you don't really know why things are happening but they certainly are happening.
Tell your cat I said yo-way-yo hum-va-ray!
I would if I could but he went with my ex while I kept the dog, who is named after the god emperor of the known universe.
The Terror - season 1 especially is so well done
This is going to hurt - UK medical drama, both hilarious and heartbreaking
The Terror is so good. I just found out it had a season 2 and it looks terrible.
I got this from the fediverse in another thread but kims convenience is hilarious. the brother I think did a marvel film recently to.
Station Eleven
It's absolutely criminal how little attention HBO gave this show. It wasn't even brought to Europe, so you can't watch it legally over here. But IMHO it's one of the best TV shows of the past few years, and it's a complete story so no cliffhangers. It's also one of the rare cases of a show being better than the book it was based on, and the book was already a bestseller.
Wasn't released at the same time as covid? It had a bad timing sadly.